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I attended TedxDetroit today and I walked away feeling great and inspired but then reality set in quickly. The time for feeling good is over. It’s time to do something with the “feel good” emotions many of us left the Detroit Institute of Arts with. Lately I’ve been frustrated when the talk in my Twitter stream is filled with things like:

“Now that I’m inspired, know my greatness, and have the confidence to share my ideas…what’s next?”

I’m not frustrated with the person making the statement but rather the sentiment behind it. This is just one example of something I saw today but is a common theme in some of the conversations I’m a part of. Now I’m not saying that I always act on my ideas and inspirations but if change is truly our motivation, it begins with even the smallest of steps.

When it comes to Detroit, there are countless numbers of people in the circles I run in that are hopeful and optimistic at the opportunity that is in front of us. We all know the saying, “things can only get better.” That is such an accurate description of the area I live in but it can only get better if we begin to DO some of the little things to get the change ball rolling. One of the little things I’m talking about is Detroit Servathon. I recently wrote about it (click here) letting you know what it was all about and how you could help.

Students from Oakland Christian School clean up the area in Detroit they hope will be the site of a new playground

Yes, this is self serving because my kids go to one of the schools participating in it and I want them to learn the lesson of volunteering to make good things happen. However, this also is challenge to all of you who want to do things to change Detroit and our region.

Those were great stories because they involved people from our community and I don’t want to take anything away from them. What I hope is that you will vote for this project on the final day of voting to see if you can get $50,000 to Detroit Servathon so the students can build the playground for the kids of Detroit. The opportunity to DO something is right here and it’s not that hard. If you have a computer or a cell phone, you can do this.

Here are 3 ways you can vote:

Text your vote to Pepsi at 73774 with our project code 102331 in the message area

After you vote…SHARE the information! This only happens if you DO something.

Stephen Clark shared the #backchannel story at TedxDetroit today. The one thing that stuck with me was when he said that the news was traditionally, “we talk and you listen.” With #backchannel, the news is now “you talk and we listen.” Well I talked and Stephen listened and we were able to get the story on the news yesterday. It’s not a huge project but one that is making a positive change and I took the chance by asking Stephen to consider airing the story and he did.

I know this isn’t the last time I do something like this to promote change rather than talk about it. Will you do something to keep the ball rolling? You might be surprised at how easy it can be.

Fox Sports Detroit had their annual April In The D contest this past week. I’m happy to report that The Victorious Secrets won this year’s contest with their version. What’s cool about it is some of the members of the band are on our Arts Team at Kensington Community Church. I’m fortunate enough to get to hear them play weekly! So congrats to the fellas!